M8 Google Play Edition Order Status

SolarTrans · Apr 2, 2014

For those of you who ordered a GPE M8, when is it's estimated shipping date? Google says by April 15th, but that "by" makes me hope they could ship sooner.

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gwstmar · Apr 3, 2014

Got mine today.

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SolarTrans · Apr 3, 2014

gwstmar said:
Got mine today.

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Cool! How do you like it? Also, if you've had a Nexus 5, what do you think in contrast to that?

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gwstmar · Apr 3, 2014

I love it. They kept the screen tap wake feature. I did have the nexus 5 and the M7. This phone is like they knocked boots. Totally worth it to me.

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SolarTrans · Apr 3, 2014

gwstmar said:
I love it. They kept the screen tap wake feature. I did have the nexus 5 and the M7. This phone is like they knocked boots. Totally worth it to me.

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Damn. If it has the tap to wake feature, I'm seriously considering changing my N5 order to the M8. That and the lack of wireless charging we're pretty much the only things holding me back.

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gwstmar · Apr 3, 2014

Yeah, it definitely didn't wirelessly charge but here's a screenshot of the gesture controls setting menu. And the boom sound on/off in sound settings.

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SolarTrans · Apr 3, 2014

gwstmar said:
Yeah, it definitely didn't wirelessly charge but here's a screenshot of the gesture controls setting menu. And the boom sound on/off in sound settings.

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Awesome! Was it hard to lock it though? I'd expect it to still be difficult to lock with the button on the top. Also, when did you order it? Were you one of the first?

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gwstmar · Apr 3, 2014

Yeah, looking it could be easier, but that doesn't bother me. I'm more concerned with unlocking it. Ordered it 2 days after it was announced.

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SolarTrans · Apr 3, 2014

gwstmar said:
Yeah, looking it could be easier, but that doesn't bother me. I'm more concerned with unlocking it. Ordered it 2 days after it was announced.

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Ah thanks!

But how come you're concerned about unlocking if the motion gestures are there?
Do they not function very well?

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Chad_Petree · Apr 4, 2014

gwstmar said:
Yeah, it definitely didn't wirelessly charge but here's a screenshot of the gesture controls setting menu. And the boom sound on/off in sound settings.

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What about the camera app? Could you post some screenshots? Is the same awful camera app from all nexus devices? :'(

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gwstmar · Apr 4, 2014

I didn't mean that I was concerned about it, I meant that it's more important to me. And with the tap feature, it's super easy.

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gwstmar · Apr 4, 2014

Chad_Petree said:
What about the camera app? Could you post some screenshots? Is the same awful camera app from all nexus devices? :'(

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I'm not real big in to photography, but I like the camera fine. Here's a pic of my cat, LOL.

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SolarTrans · Apr 4, 2014

gwstmar said:
Yeah, looking it could be easier, but that doesn't bother me. I'm more concerned with unlocking it. Ordered it 2 days after it was announced.

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It seems like a great device!
But another thing:
Is there a noticeable difference in speed/quickness between this and your Nexus?

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gwstmar · Apr 4, 2014

It boots up a whole lot quicker, and I notice the boot animation is much smoother.

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SolarTrans · Apr 4, 2014

gwstmar said:
It boots up a whole lot quicker, and I notice the boot animation is much smoother.

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That's all good, but how about in the OS? Speed is a big deal to me, and if there is even a slightly noticeable difference I'd notice

And what about your aforementioned concerns about unlocking the device?

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gwstmar · Apr 4, 2014

Like I said before, I didn't mean that I was concerned. I meant that the ease in which it unlocks is more important to me than locking it, and with the double tap feature it's very very easy to unlock it. As far as speed goes, other than the boot up speed, I don't notice any difference. Doesn't mean that you wouldn't, but I didn't.

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SolarTrans · Apr 4, 2014

gwstmar said:
Like I said before, I didn't mean that I was concerned. I meant that the ease in which it unlocks is more important to me than locking it, and with the double tap feature it's very very easy to unlock it. As far as speed goes, other than the boot up speed, I don't notice any difference. Doesn't mean that you wouldn't, but I didn't.

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Yeah I think on the quickness front we've reached a pinnacle of performance

Thanks for all your help!

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gwstmar · Apr 4, 2014

No problem. I have 4 benchmark screen shots for you. The first 2 are from my M8, the last 2 are from my N5.

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SolarTrans · Apr 4, 2014

Looks like about a 30% increase. HTC said that they have a "feature" in the Developer Settings on the skinned version (and maybe this one) that increases performance in benchmarks. Did you check this? It comes enabled by default.

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dsymbol · Apr 4, 2014

gwstmar said:
Like I said before, I didn't mean that I was concerned. I meant that the ease in which it unlocks is more important to me than locking it, and with the double tap feature it's very very easy to unlock it. As far as speed goes, other than the boot up speed, I don't notice any difference. Doesn't mean that you wouldn't, but I didn't.

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Would the double-tap-to-wake feature accidently wake the phone while it's in the pocket?

The phone could move around & wakes itself up, i.e. wasting battery?
thanks.

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